Katerina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-teh-REE-na
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,427 for girls
Katerina is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “associated with katharos, pure”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 1,427th for girls in the US (151 babies).
What does Katerina mean?
Greek: Greek and Slavic form of Katherine
“associated with katharos, pure”
Form of Katherine used in Greece and much of Eastern Europe; the Greek original is Aikaterine.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Katerina a girl's or a boy's name?
Katerina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 151 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Katerina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,690th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Katerina, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,121st. Its busiest year was 2001, with 46 girls.
Half of all the girls named Katerina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.
Katerina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2021 | 26 | #1,323 |
| 2020 | 32 | #1,121 |
| 2019 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 2018 | 35 | #1,073 |
| 2017 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 2016 | 33 | #1,133 |
| 2015 | 35 | #1,085 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,418 |
| 2013 | 28 | #1,296 |
| 2012 | 34 | #1,104 |
| 2011 | 44 | #887 |
| 2010 | 38 | #968 |
| 2009 | 26 | #1,245 |
| 2008 | 35 | #978 |
| 2007 | 41 | #848 |
| 2006 | 27 | #1,087 |
| 2005 | 25 | #1,077 |
| 2004 | 24 | #1,081 |
| 2003 | 30 | #916 |
| 2002 | 26 | #962 |
| 2001 | 46 | #635 |
| 2000 | 43 | #654 |
| 1999 | 28 | #861 |
| 1998 | 34 | #761 |
| 1997 | 37 | #733 |
| 1996 | 34 | #733 |
How popular is Katerina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,427th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 151 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 151 girls in the US were named Katerina, making it the 1,427th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,201st. Its busiest year was 1998, with 259 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the girls named Katerina in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Katerina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 151 | #1,427 |
| 2024 | 153 | #1,441 |
| 2023 | 140 | #1,524 |
| 2022 | 167 | #1,378 |
| 2021 | 195 | #1,215 |
| 2020 | 191 | #1,201 |
| 2019 | 166 | #1,357 |
| 2018 | 206 | #1,170 |
| 2017 | 168 | #1,373 |
| 2016 | 197 | #1,236 |
| 2015 | 218 | #1,155 |
| 2014 | 206 | #1,186 |
| 2013 | 179 | #1,309 |
| 2012 | 156 | #1,457 |
| 2011 | 150 | #1,490 |
| 2010 | 146 | #1,529 |
| 2009 | 150 | #1,516 |
| 2008 | 184 | #1,334 |
| 2007 | 188 | #1,298 |
| 2006 | 173 | #1,342 |
| 2005 | 208 | #1,129 |
| 2004 | 206 | #1,106 |
| 2003 | 233 | #989 |
| 2002 | 221 | #994 |
| 2001 | 206 | #1,039 |
| 2000 | 236 | #917 |
| 1999 | 202 | #1,010 |
| 1998 | 259 | #822 |
| 1997 | 200 | #975 |
| 1996 | 206 | #938 |
| 1995 | 202 | #932 |
| 1994 | 250 | #806 |
| 1993 | 229 | #847 |
| 1992 | 217 | #900 |
| 1991 | 149 | #1,170 |
| 1990 | 118 | #1,343 |
| 1989 | 107 | #1,394 |
| 1988 | 96 | #1,438 |
| 1987 | 76 | #1,618 |
| 1986 | 58 | #1,909 |
| 1985 | 58 | #1,905 |
| 1984 | 56 | #1,886 |
| 1983 | 33 | #2,658 |
| 1982 | 44 | #2,250 |
| 1981 | 45 | #2,231 |
| 1980 | 61 | #1,785 |
| 1979 | 48 | #2,088 |
| 1978 | 44 | #2,125 |
| 1977 | 38 | #2,341 |
| 1976 | 33 | #2,439 |
| 1975 | 51 | #1,807 |
| 1974 | 38 | #2,133 |
| 1973 | 27 | #2,629 |
| 1972 | 33 | #2,276 |
| 1971 | 33 | #2,340 |
| 1970 | 31 | #2,395 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,704 |
| 1968 | 25 | #2,482 |
| 1967 | 22 | #2,632 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,585 |
| 1965 | 18 | #2,937 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,243 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,437 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
Nicknames for Katerina
- Kat
- Katya 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Katerina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alexandra, Francesca, Kiara, Athena, Gabriella, Ariana, Jessica, Eliana, Olivia, Fatima, Sienna, Isabella
Names related to Katerina
Katherine, Katrina, Katarina, Caterina, Kateryna, Katrin, Katherina, Catrina, Katheryn, Katherin, Katerin, Kathrine
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Katerina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/katerina, updated 20 October 2026.